Re: [libvirt] Re: virsh/virt-install for dummies

Jun Koi wrote: > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 1:23 AM, Cole Robinson <crobinso(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: >> Jun Koi wrote: >> Hmm, yeah we should check that and throw a more clear error message. >> >> However, the root cause is that your capabilities xml is screwy >> (posted a few messages back.) There is only a <domain> element >> for x86_64 qemu but you're host arch is reported as i686. >> >> What libvirt version are you using? >> What virt-install/python-virtinst version are you using? > > I use libvirt-0.4.4-cvs, and virt-install-0.300.3. > >> Is kvm installed? > Yes, but does that really matter? I guess qemu is not even started at this step. > Yes it does matter because I am trying to figure out why your capabilities xml is messed up. Here is a piece of the capabilities xml you posted: <guest> <os_type>hvm</os_type> <arch name='i686'> <wordsize>32</wordsize> <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu</emulator> <machine>pc</machine> <machine>isapc</machine> </arch> <features> ... </features> </guest> This piece here should have a <domain> element, but since it doesn't that means libvirt didn't have executable access to /usr/bin/qemu. Is this named differently on Ubuntu?

<guest> <os_type>hvm</os_type> <arch name='x86_64'> <wordsize>64</wordsize> <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator> <machine>pc</machine> <machine>isapc</machine> <domain type='qemu'> </domain> </arch> <features> ... </features> </guest> If kvm is installed, then this should have a kvm <domain> entry. Is /dev/kvm present/kvm module loaded? Is /usr/bin/qemu-kvm present?